anyone beatskobrown? >>>good day. we're live in washington this afternoon. the lines of communication between the president, leaders of congress are open. whether those lines are used repeatedly over the next few days to reach a fiscal cliff deal is anybody's guess. joining me now for our daily fix, nbc's kelly o'donnell is live on capitol hill. kelly, i want to start with you. senator scott brown just tweeted out to all his followers that he was getting on a plane heading to washington. the president has apparently sent over a new deal to the senate. what can you tell us about this new fiscal cliff deal that president obama has sent over to senator leaders? >> well, the power of social media to get the word out. gop sources say in the conversation with the president, he indicated that he does have a bill he would like to bring forward to the hill today. they have not seen that. it would be a package to deal with averting the fiscal cliff. we can infer from that with what the president said before he went to the family vacation in hawaii that he wanted something that would be scaled d

elizabeth warren from massachusetts who defeatedscottbrown. thenthere were the surprises like heidi highcamp of north dakota where many people thought that seat would go republican. it was an open race. she won there. you will have 20 women. we had 17 who were in the past senate. a couple of women did not choose to come back. you have more women elected. it will have a different feeling, and it needs for this bit of time in the afternoon. there's more of a sense of celebration we're finding on the other side from capitol hill. >> thanks so much. we look forward to your reports, your updates. don't go far. joining us for our daily fix chris, msnbc contributor and managing editor of post politics.com, and chuck todd, nbc news political director and host of the daily rundown. chuck, first to you. the political significance of these protests, the few that at least we've tallied so far, that luke russert is tracking. >> this feels as if -- it feels to me very similar to the atmosphere that did surround newt gingrich right after the impeachment. you know, i have to say at first i wa